Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130135053 | POWER AMPLIFIER - A power amplifier includes a first matching circuit configured to perform harmonic processing of an input signal, and a second matching circuit configured to perform the harmonic processing of an output signal, the output signal being generated by amplifying a power of the input signal. The power amplifier rotates a phase of output impedance at a matching point of the harmonic included in the generated output signal when the power of the input signal is decreased from a value higher than a certain value to a value lower than the certain value. | 05-30-2013 |
20130149979 | AMPLIFIER - An amplifier includes a first amplification element configured to amplify a first signal in one of first and second operation classes, a second amplification element configured to amplify a second signal in one of first and second operation classes, a first transmission line through which the amplified first signal is transferred, and a coupler configured to couple the transferred first signal and the amplified second signal, wherein the first amplification element amplifies the first signal in the first operation class and the second amplification element amplifies the second signal in the second operation class, when the first signal and the second signal have a first frequency band, and wherein the first amplification element amplifies the first signal in the second operation class and the second amplification element amplifies the second signal in the first operation class, when the first signal and the second signal have a second frequency band. | 06-13-2013 |
20130222058 | AMPLIFIER - An amplifier includes an amplifying element that amplifies an input signal; an output terminal that outputs the signal amplified by the amplifying element; a matching circuit disposed in series between the amplifying element and the output terminal, and performing impedance matching; an impedance converter disposed in series between the amplifying element and the matching circuit or between the matching circuit and the output terminal; and a first resonator and a second resonator connected at the ends of the impedance converter. | 08-29-2013 |
20130229227 | AMPLIFICATION APPARATUS - A first amplification section and a second amplification section included in an amplification apparatus amplify two constant amplitude signals generated by vector decomposition. An impedance inverting circuit inverts the impedance of the signal amplified by the second amplification section. A combining circuit corrects the phases of the signal amplified by the first amplification section and the signal whose impedance is inverted by the impedance inverting circuit, and combines and outputs these signals. The combining circuit includes a line which is (λ/4)+γ in length and which is an asymmetrical circuit element and a line which is (λ/4)−δ in length and which is an asymmetrical circuit element. | 09-05-2013 |
20140055199 | POWER AMPLIFICATION DEVICE - A power amplification device, includes: an amplifier to amplify an input signal; a switched capacitor, provided at an output stage of the amplifier, to change capacitance based on a first control signal; a matching unit, provided at the output stage of the amplifier and including a varactor pair in which two varactor diodes are coupled in series or a varactor pair in which two varactor diodes are coupled in parallel, to change capacitance based on a second control signal; a detection circuit to detect power of the input signal; a quantization circuit to quantize a detected power value, form a quantized bit string having a high-order bit group and a low-order bit group, and output the high-order bit group as the first control signal to the switched capacitor; and a conversion circuit to convert the low-order bit group into an analog value and form the second control signal. | 02-27-2014 |
20140218105 | AMPLIFIER AND AMPLIFYING METHOD - An amplifier includes: an amplifying device configured to amplify an input signal; and a matching circuit coupled to the amplifying device, and including an impedance transformer and a parallel resonance circuit coupled to a wiring which spans from the impedance transformer to the amplifying device, wherein a circuit length of the impedance transformer is longer than one-fourth of wavelength of an electronic wave having a frequency which is substantially equal to a resonance frequency of the parallel resonance circuit. | 08-07-2014 |
20140285262 | CONTROL DEVICE OF POWER AMPLIFIER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING POWER AMPLIFIER - A control device of a power amplifier includes: a limiter configured to limit a level of an input signal to the power amplifier; and a control unit configured to, when the limiter operates, make an operation voltage of the power amplifier invariable and control load of an output matching circuit of the power amplifier based on an amplitude of the input signal, and, when the limiter does not operate, to make the load of the output matching circuit invariable and control the operation voltage of the power amplifier. | 09-25-2014 |
20140292405 | AMPLIFICATION DEVICE AND AMPLIFICATION METHOD - An amplification device includes: an amplitude adjustment circuit configured to adjust an amplitude level of an input signal so as to keep the amplitude level within a given range; an amplifier configured to amplify the adjusted signal; and a circuitry configured to change an amplitude level of the amplified signal, based on the amplitude level of the input signal and a first distortion compensation corresponding to the amplitude level of the input signal. | 10-02-2014 |